diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 572ae2e774f..134374951db 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 * SOLR-3745: Proper error reporting if SolrCloud mode is used w/o 
   necessary "_version_" field in schema.xml (hossman)
 
+* SOLR-3770: Overseer may lose updates to cluster state (siren)
 
 Other Changes
 ----------------------
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/Overseer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/Overseer.java
index 37278e9dd84..10c745358b3 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/Overseer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/Overseer.java
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ public class Overseer {
                 final String operation = message.get(QUEUE_OPERATION);
                 
                 clusterState = processMessage(clusterState, message, operation);
-                byte[] processed = stateUpdateQueue.remove();
-                workQueue.offer(processed);
+                workQueue.offer(head);
+                stateUpdateQueue.remove();
                 head = stateUpdateQueue.peek();
               }
               zkClient.setData(ZkStateReader.CLUSTER_STATE,